This Marriage Will Surely Succeed

At the forefront of the procession, an enormous four-horse carriage flaunted its grandeur alongside robust white horses, while the wagons trailing behind were busily loaded with large clothing trunks by an unending stream of maids.

But that wasn’t all.

Though Iona had explicitly instructed only a few close aides to prepare for the trip, an unexpectedly large number of attendants had shown up, fully packed and ready to leave.

As Iona counted the number of people wearing tall boots, she had reached about thirty before giving up on the meaningless calculation.